Fonda donned a leopard-print shirt for the shoot and posed with her hands in her hair to accentuate her facial features – but the 72 year old is adamant the photo has been digitally altered.

She tells Britain’s Daily Express, “I hate it. They airbrushed all of my character. I look like a monster. I always say don’t retouch, it looks foolish. I’ve had some plastic surgery but I didn’t take away my crow’s feet, for heaven’s sake.”

Nicole Richie has defended her decision to wage war on a paparazzo she accused of harassment, insisting the legal battle was necessary to protect her family and privacy.

The mother of two fought for a restraining order against Fabricio Luis Mariotto in a bid to keep photographers away from her daughter Harlow’s Los Angeles school.

She settled her case with Mariotto out of court on Wednesday, agreeing to drop her request for a permanent injunction against him if the snapper stays away from the socialite, her fiance Joel Madden and their two kids until 2015.

Richie admits the move may have an impact on Mariotto’s career but believes she had to follow her instincts as a mother.

She tells talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, “I don’t want to prevent anyone from making a living, but at the end of the day, we all have to follow certain guidelines and we all have to answer to somebody.

“At the end of the day, as a mother, I have to protect my children. It’s instinctual, right or wrong, you have to protect your children.

“There are certain guidelines for everyone. For you, for me, for everyone. And it has to be the same for everyone. We all have to be safe.”

Soul queen Aretha Franklin is recovering well after undergoing a “successful” surgery for a mystery ailment.

The “I Say A Little Prayer” hitmaker was admitted to a Detroit, Michigan hospital for a procedure on Thursday and has now spoken out to assure fans the operation went well.

In a statement she says, “The surgery was highly successful. God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country. God bless you all for your prayers!”

Franklin’s health has been at the center of much speculation recently after doctors ordered her to cancel all concert dates and personal appearances scheduled until May, including a Christmas concert in her adopted hometown of Detroit on December 9.

Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen are making no secret of their new romance – they were snapped openly kissing at an airport in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The “Frost/Nixon” …

Pop superstar Christina Aguilera has opened up about the “special” new man in her life, insisting she is happy and having fun for the first time “in a really long time.”

The singer has been linked to Matt Rutler, a set assistant from “Burlesque,” since filing for divorce from husband Jordan Bratman in October.

The new couple went public with its romance last month when they were snapped enjoying several nights out together, and Aguilera is even rumored to have met his family over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

The hit maker admits she grew close to Rutler while working on the movie musical and fell for his charms easily once she moved to formally end her marriage, although she’s taking the relationship step by step.

Confirming the romance to People magazine, she says, “Matthew is a special person. We had a really strong friendship on the movie. He’s the kind of person you could spend hours with on the phone talking to and all of a sudden it’s daylight.

“Once I filed for divorce, we started dating. I’m not trying to jump into anything. I just left a five-year marriage. I’m taking it slow and trying to be happy.”

But Aguilera is hesitant to admit she’s in love: “There’s a love there, yes. I’m having fun, I’m dating and it’s something I haven’t had in a really long time.”

And she’s refusing to let her one bad experience with marriage taint her hopes for future happiness.

Asked whether she still believes in love and marriage, she replies, “Wholeheartedly. I know one day I’ll be able to feel that again for someone. That idea will never die.”

David Beckham has banished wife Victoria to her own bathroom after growing tired of her untidy ways.

The soccer star, who admits having obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies, revealed earlier this year how he has to straighten up the former Spice Girl’s closet because she leaves her clothes awry.

And after 11 years of marriage, the superstar couple is using separate en-suites, because the sports ace is struggling to cope with the former Spice Girl’s messy habits.

He tells InStyle magazine, “She always leaves her drawers open (and) leaves the toothpaste top off too. It’s kind of her mess, though. It’s her bathroom. It’s not down to me.

Victoria adds, “He means like cupboard drawers, not as in knickers! I’m very messy. Clean, but very messy.

“We’re lucky enough to have separate bathrooms. David’s is all dark wood, very masculine. Mine is very modern, black and white. David’s products are all hidden away, whereas mine are quite on show. David’s pretty tidy. He doesn’t really have any annoying bathroom habits.”

WENN.com Jessica Simpson set out to dismiss any pregnancy rumors for good on Tuesday by enjoying a boozy night out with her fiance, Eric Johnson. The former football player proposed to the pop singer …

Jessica Simpson set out to dismiss any pregnancy rumors for good on Tuesday by enjoying a boozy night out with her fiance, Eric Johnson.

The former football player proposed to the pop singer last month after just six months of dating, sparking speculation Simpson was rushing down to aisle because she is expecting her first child.

Simpson recently laughed off the rumors, and moved to silence them further by downing margaritas and tequila shots after performing at the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York,

A source tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, “They were very well-mannered and drank basil lime gimlets, pineapple 75′s, Maker’s on the rocks, margaritas and wine. They ordered a lot of food. Jessica let her guard down enough to steal a few kisses from her fiance in front of papa Joe. Jessica, Eric and the crew settled on shots of Don Julio to finish out the evening.”